The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Contra Costa County closed in on 20, as health officials added one more victim to the total in their latest count.

The Contra Costa Health Services Department released the information on Friday morning.

The death brings the total to 19 in the county since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Officials recorded the first death on March 20. They have released identifying information for only one of the victims — the first one, who was elderly and had an underlying health condition.

They’ve added five deaths to the total since Wednesday.

Health officials also added an additional 17 confirmed cases to the ledger, bringing that total to 648 since the first case was diagnosed on March 4.

Two of those new cases were in Richmond, which has totaled 68 since the outbreak, the most in the county. Concord, with 63, has the county’s second-biggest total, with three cases added to the total on Friday.

The cities in the county with the most confirmed cases also include: Pittsburg (49), Antioch (47), Brentwood (41), Walnut Creek (37), Orinda (36), Pleasant Hill and San Pablo (34), and Bay Point (32).

The county has recorded 28 cases in San Ramon; 27 in Oakley; 21 in Danville; 18 in Lafayette; 17 in Alamo and El Sobrante; 11 in Pinole and 10 in Martinez.

Hercules has seen nine cases; El Cerrito has recorded eight and Moraga and and Discovery Bay seven each. There have been six cases in Rodeo and five in Pacheco and Clayton. Only one person in Bethel Island has tested positive.

The county listed the other 10 cases are from “unspecified” areas of the county.

Hospitals were treating 37 people for the COVID-19 virus on Friday, a reduction from Thursday, when health officials said 41 people were in a hospital. Overall, 8,598 people in the county have been tested for coronavirus.

The county is home to approximately 1.14 million people who are under a stay-at-home order that will remain in effect at least until May 3. County residents with general inquiries may call the county health department at 844-729-8410 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit https://coronavirus.cchealth.org.

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